Girl weeping with election overload gains Internet fame

Oct. 31, 2012

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A 4-year-old Fort Collins girl gained a measure of Internet fame — and an apology from National Public Radio — after her mother captured the girl’s tear-stained reaction to the nation’s seemingly omnipresent political debate.

Elizabeth Evans posted her daughter’s reaction to NPR programming during a Tuesday trip to the grocery store on a YouTube video that on Wednesday gained national attention. In the video, a tearful Abigael Evans, when asked why she’s crying, replies, “I’m tired of Bronco Bamma and Mitt Romney.”

Assured by her mother that the election will be over soon, Abigael responds with a matter-of-fact “Yay.”

On Wednesday, NPR news blogger Mark Memmot wrote on The Two-Way blog: “On behalf of NPR and all other news outlets, we apologize to Abigael and all the many others who probably feel like her. We must confess, the campaign’s gone on long enough for us, too. Let’s just keep telling ourselves: ‘Only a few more days, only a few more days, only a few more days.’”